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Irv Teibel (1938-2010) was an audio polymath, ambient and new age music pioneer and the founder of Syntonic Research, Inc., the record label responsible for the influential environments series (1969-1979). These records were the first publicly available psychoacoustic recordings and helped ignite a flurry of interest in environmental sound. This website provides a curated collection of Teibel’s released and unreleased sound, photographic, and design output—for the first time, in one location—along with details of upcoming projects related to his work and life.

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We’re proud to announce that Environments is finally available as a standalone app for your iPhone and iPad. (An Android compatible version is also in development.) This simple and easy to use app features all of Irv Teibel’s original Environments recordings, some in longer versions than ever heard before. All[…]

“The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.” – Henry Beston, writer and naturalist It’s a beautiful sunny day as I sit down to write this article. Despite the[…]

As a quadraphonic enthusiast, collector and somewhat of a historian, I didn’t know what to expect when I reached out to Syntonic Research. I wanted to get information about the hardware and processes used to make the quadraphonic mixes on the Environments series and The Erickson Tapes. To my surprise,[…]

One chilly October evening in 1972, in the High Sierras of California, a group waited around a fire for an elusive sound. They had set up camp at 8,500 feet on a forested hillside above a small spring and creek. Fifteen feet uphill, they had taped a Sony TC-126 recorder[…]

Letters flooded into Irv’s Flatiron Building office. Some fans thanked him for subduing their ails or offered suggestions of what to record next. Others questioned the claims on his record jackets. There are eleven pages of listener quotes from just 1977. These people were captains in the army, postal clerks,[…]

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This is the official website of Irv Teibel’s work and brings together his released and unreleased sound, photographic, and design endeavors—for the first time, in one location—and details upcoming projects related to his work and life.